53 N.Y.S. 573 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1898
The plaintiff brought certain stock to the attention of McCabe in an attempt to sell to him. McCabe mentioned the fact that the stock was for sale to Dennison, who thereafter bought it. The plaintiff- claims a commission from the seller. It does not appear that McCabe, in calling the attention of Dennison to the stock, acted as an agent of the plaintiff. McCabe’s act was, not the act of the plaintiff. It was his own act. Had he acted at the request of the plaintiff it would be otherwise. McCabe’s information may have caused Dennison’s action, but nothing that the plaintiff did was the procuring cause of McCabe’s communication; this communication was not directly connected with any work done in the agency and so the plaintiff cannot succeed. No agent is entitled to commission upon any transaction, unless he shows that
Motion denied.